Surprise
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Surprise may refer to:
- Surprise (emotion)
- Surprise factor, the fundamental element in humour that puts a twist on familiar subjects.
- Surprise, surprisal, or self-information is the information-theoretic quantity <math>\log {1 \over p} = - \log{p}</math>, where p is the probability of occurrence.
- Surprise (Buffy episode), an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Surprise (Zoey 101 episode), an episode of the TV series Zoey 101.
- Surprise, Arizona, a city in the USA
- Surprise, Nebraska, a city in the USA
- Surprise (Paul Simon album) 2006 album by Paul Simon
- Surprise (Better Than Ezra album) 1989 album by Better Than Ezra
- (T)Raumschiff Surprise, a German science fiction parody film by Michael "Bully" Herbig
- HMS Surprise, name of various real and fictional Royal Navy ships
- Military Surprise, a military strategy to strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which he is unprepared.
- Fundamental Surprise is a surprise that indicates a personal or group mindset which became irrelevant or misleading in interperting new realities. It is caused by disparity between the fast growing rate of complexity and disruptive changes in our reality and the sluggishness of reframing our mindsets.
